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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD D. PUGI-I, OF CLINTON, KANSAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,44 5, dated December 12, .1893.

Application filed August 10,1893.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD D. PUGH, of Clinton, Douglas county, Kansas, have in vented certain new and usefullmprovements 1n Gates, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relatesto fence gates, and has for its objects to improve the construction of that class of gates, which may be operated to form or provide apassage through which hogs may be enabled to pass, and which is simple, :trong, durable and inexpensive of construc- With these objects in view, my invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1, is a side elevation of a gate constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2, is a vertical sectional view, taken on the line 00-41: of Fig. 1.

Referring to said drawings, 1 designates the latch post, and 2 designates the hinge-post, these posts being disposed relatively toward each other in the usual manner. A pair of U-shaped brackets have their parallel arms 44 passed horizontally through the hingepost, so that the vertical or bridge-portions 3 of the brackets shall be in vertical alignment and a slight distance from the inner side of said post, and so that the outer ends of the arms 4-4 which are adapted to be screwthreaded may be engaged by retaining nuts 5.

Referring now to the construction of the gate, 6 and 7 designate respectively the front and rear end-bars, these end-bars being arranged vertically and parallel with each other, and pivotally connected to the lower end of the bars 6 and 7 by bolts 8, is the horizontal bottom rail 9. Arranged vertically and centrally between the end-bars 6 and 7, is the center or king bar 10, and this bar is provided near its lower end with two or more longitudinally aligned holes or passages 11, through which a bolt 12 is to be passed; said bolt also Serial No. 482,817- (No model.)

passes loosely through the bottom rail 9, and is engaged at its screw-threaded end by a retaining-nu t. A bolt 13 is also passed through a hole or passage formed in the upper portion of said bar 10, and is also passed loosely through holes or passages in the upper orinner ends of a pair of pivotal brace-bars 14; these brace-bars 14 extend divergently downward and are pivoted near their outer ends upon bolts 15 which pass through the endbars 6 and 7 of the gate. From the foregoing it will be seen, that I have provided a substantial structure, the parts of which are pivotally connected to each other, thereby allowing the front end of thegate to be raised or elevated as hereinafter referred to. Arranged parallel with the bottom rail 9 and extending longitudinally of the gate are aseries of wires 16; said wires 16 being secured to eye-bolts carried by the end-bars 6 and 7 of the gate, as shown, or they may be secured to said endbar in anyother suitable manner. It is preferable, however, to secure said wires to said eye bolts or to staples because of the slight pivotal movement they have when the front end of the gate is elevated. In order to brace these wires 16 and to preventthem from sagging, I provide a pair of vertical bars 17; these bars being provided with apertures or holes at intervals of space corresponding to the distance between the eye-bolts of the endrails, and through these holes or passages the wires are passed. The gate is hinged to the brackets of the hinge-post, by a bolt which has its eye 18 disposed vertically andengaging the vertical or bridge portion 3 of the upper bracket of the hinge-post, the stem of said bolt passing horizontally through the end-bar 7 of the gate, and being engaged by a retaining nut 19. A casting 20 is formed with a bolt-stem 21 which is passed horizontally through the end-bar 7 a suitable distance below the eye-bolt 18, and the nut 22 engages the inner end of said stem. This casting engages the lower hinge-post bracket, and forms the bottom hinge of the gate. These hinges described, however are not necessary to the operation of the gate, as any suitable hinge may be used in lieu thereof. The gate, may also be latched and secured, as shown, or in any other manner,'as this forms no part of my present invention.

In order to prevent hogs or other animals from attempting to escape through the gate, I preferably barb the lower wire as shown, and if it is desired to provide a passage through which hogs or other animals of suitable size may pass without leaving the gate open for the passage of larger animals, by grasping the front end of the gate, it may be pivotally raised as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, so as to form a space sufficiently large beneath the front end of the gate for the passage of the hogs or other animals; and may be secured in such position in any suitable manner. Should the wires connecting the end-rails of the gate become slack or loose from anycause or reason, they may be strained by removing the bolt 12, and pressing downwardly upon the king or center post 10 until a second or different hole or passage 11 is aligned with the hole or passage through the bottom rail 9, and then passing said bolt 12 through said passage and securing it by the nut as before. It will be seen that this operation will cause the pivotal brace bars 14 to diverge more widely, and therefore will cause the end-bars 6 and 7 to be turned pivotally and outwardly upon the bolts 8, and by thus increasing slightly the distance between said end-rails the wires will be stretched or tightened.

From the above description, it will be seen that I have produced a gate having a pivotal frame-work which may be operated to keep the wires stretched from end-bar to end-bar at the desired strain, and which may be pivotally operated without affecting the strain of said wires to afford a passage beneath the gate for the ingress or egress of hogs or other animals.

V Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A gate, comprising end-bars, wires connecting said end-bars, a bottom rail pivotally connected to said end-bars, a pair of divergent brace-bars pivotally connected to the end-bars, and a king or center bar pivotally connected to the inner and upper ends of said divergent bars, and pivotally and adjustably connected to the bottom rail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A gate, comprising end-bars, wires connecting said end-bars, a bottom rail pivotally connected to said end-bars, a king or center bar pivotally and adj ustably connected to the bottom rail, brace-bars pivotally connecting the end-bars and the king or center bar, and

bars having passages loosely engaging the wires, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD D. PUGII.

Witnesses:

S. H. ANDREWS, JOHN L. BRUCE. 

